Working on a Vintage 1968 Larson Hawk Snowmobile
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- Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2024
- Before we had kids, we had vintage snowmobiles. Alan's pride and joy was his 1968 Larson Hawk Snowmobile. It had a lot of sentimental value as he bought it from a neighbor that bought it brand new as a kit and put it together. He sold it to Alan for $50 and the Larson has been here ever since. Once Jessica was born, it was harder and harder to find time to ride it. By the time the boys came along, the Larson was sitting in the shed collecting dust.
Now that the kids are older, and Jen decided to get the kids a Ski-Doo Olympique to start their love of vintage sleds, Alan decided to get the Larson going too. Alan took out the carb and cleaned it up, replacing some of the parts and putting on a new fuel filter, it was time to see if the old girl still ran.
After getting it to start pulling gas, checking for spark, and putting a little gas in the cylinder, the Larson was running again. It will still take some fine tuning, but Alan was about as happy to see it running as the kids were.
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Boy that brings back memories. All the old sleds had HR or HD carbs, and they all needed to be pulled apart and cleaned every fall. Sachs, Hirth , JLO Rockwell, and of course Rotex engines, one or two cylinder. We had great fun as kids in the 60’s/70’s ripping around all winter. I used to even ride my snowmobile to school sometimes.
Snow mobiles are so much fun when there’s enough snow. Really cool old machine. Alan, you and Jen are so incredibly blessed. Beautiful people with beautiful children and a beautiful farm.
There is getting to be alot more vintage clubs around. Neat to see the old sleds still running.
There is just something about good equipment.. They just keep going and going. Great find Alan bet you never though that you be riding that again.
Things were so much simpler to work on back then. Thats a real classic. Glad to see it's not headed to a scrap pile.
Just a big kid at heart lol...we always ran the liquid fire john deeres around here. Great video
A man and his toys. Reminds me of... me. I understand the sentimental attachment to an old machine. They really are a part of you. You guys are having fun now.
Found along fence row, classic!
Awesome break down and explaining on the carb!! That fuel filter is pretty wild!! What a machine, love the sound of it!! Glad you were able to get it back out after all those years!! Back in the days of 400 dollar milk check and 600 feed bill 😳 Wow, mad respect for all y'all!! Look fwd to seeing more of the vintage rides hopefully!!
that old snowmobile sounds like an old leaf blower on steroids love the videos from Ohio
I graduated from high school in 1978, my next door neighbor had 7or8 snowmobiles of different sizes, years, and brands of manufacturers, most are out of business now , you use to have to a lot of tools with you, a of people made a wood storage box and that raised the seat up a little bit, I remember riding a ski- door 12/3 Olympic, that had a rubber cone on the carburetor, you had to watch your scarf around it. Now snowmobiles are too expensive and fast,for me to deal, the days of puttering through the woods and between trees, are long gone. My son has a snowmobile (700 cc ) I drove it once, that was enough for me!
I am right there with you. Give me an older "vintage" machine ANY day over this newer stuff out there. I would ride one of those any day - all day.
That is one helluva antique sled right there those old jlo engines were bullet proof however those Tillotson carbs were super fussy they were either perfect or not lol. God bless 🙌
I love seeing them still going in that shape! That is a Polaris with a mid mounted engine in a light blue color sold by Larson boat dealers. If it has a 15" track it would be a clone of the "colt" model, if it's an 18" track it was a clone of the "Mustang" model. The Polaris versions had the engine mounted up front under the hood. That gas tank was referred to as the "suitcase" tank. Wow 71 miles on 1" of suspension travel, I would be very sore the next day. :)
That's a clean one owner hope you guys stay safe and warm love watching your videos learn something new every time snowmobiles are fun I got a phaser 440 I believe it's a 93
Those phasers, are good machines!
Nice and probably a lot of fun
Back in ‘82, I think it was, we got a huge snow event in southern illinois. Tons of people ran out and bought snow mobiles. Never snowed enough since the to use em.
Great video
Few things to add for those not aware, If your dead set at replacing the internals of you carb: needle jet etc. Make sure it's original Tillotson.
The after market stuff is not machined precisely so you'll have problems.
If your search the web for diagrams of your carb you'll be able to see the order of the gaskets. Not every gasket you get is needed for your carb.
great video we really enjoyed it
I had a old blunder bus like yours back in the 70's think it was made by Evenrude and had a Skiroule. It was German and fast. Did snowmobiling for a few years
and then got too busy doing something else sold them and moved on. Great video you bring back old memories for many of us.
Old sleds are fun, glad you hung onto her. You may want to consider dosing your gas with SeaFoam, 1 oz per gallon. Im not a fan of snake oils but have had unbelievable good "luck" with that. I did not have good luck with Sta-Bil in small engines and quit using it a couple of decades ago. I'm in SE WI and we've had oxygenated gas "forever" thanks to Chicago's dirty air.
My cousin had an old Massey Ferguson sled, and evertime we wanted to ride, he would have work on the carb first. That thing would scream when it was up and running.
Buddy has a 67 fox trac with the same engine. Between me him his dad and uncle we got about 70 vintage sleds. There an addiction. On the newer Tillotson carbs there was a wire on the needle to help with it sticking. I'm working on a 76 Johnson jx 440 right now. Good content as always. Cheers 🍻
Good content showing very clearly the taking apart and reassembly of the carb, and explaining as you went. I have a feeling you have perhaps motivated others to tackle a carb job.
Well, its a Larson, so it's gotta be cool! Lol
Love ur videos Al.... allways look forward to see what ur up to ...ima farmer too... just crop farm tho..I'm in the thumb of Michigan
Another great video! My dad would rebuild those carbs. on the kitchen table in the winter. That is a really neat old sled. You may have a bad engine seal. From sitting for a few years they sometimes dry out and suck in air in the crank case. That might be why it won't idle.
Looks like Santa was good to you Al, new coveralls and some new looking tools! Keep em coming!
That is an oldie but goodie!! I'll stick to my late model machines. Neat to see it run
Awsome video...my grandpa had a old M.F ski wiz...n my dad had a old ski-do ...lots of fun in the snow on the farm as a kid... god bless you.. ur family n ur farm
When you are done using snowmobiles use spray engine fog to store snowmobile spray in carb air until engine stall it works no more carb fixing no engine seizing seals stay good
Good job and God bless yall 🙏
Very cool, I never heard of a Larson Hawk snowmobile before.
They had 3 models and the hawk is the middle one.
Antique sled that still works 💪
Very interesting video, that's a pretty cool sled that's 50 some years old, there's an old time snowmobile run in Held in Lake Park on the first weekend of February, a lot of people come from all over
Ethanol gas is bad for all small engines. Even the newer ones. I had a friend that bought a new AMF Skidaddler in 1965 or 66 with a single cylinder 290 something JLO and he had to keep adjusting the carb constantly. We use to tell him he would make the best one armed snowmobile driver after all the practice while adjusting the carb. Great to see it running.
Excellent video as always.Excellant content.
I was wondering if the old Larson was still around. I'm glad you exercised caution when you took her out being as you haven't been on something that powerful in a long time! 😄
We had a 1972 Mo to ski and a 1974 Shapperell
Omg I remember those models of snowmobiles
I had 1973 ski doo 292 tnt single cylinder and carb Then I bought a 1976 boa ski 440
Hey, Bud! I think the problem is the gas line! The plastic line you have on there, the gas eats that kind up, and the plastic gets in the carb and causes problems! you should replace it, and i think your carb will be fine! You need regular gas line hose! Also, you should never store gas in a plastic jug because gas will eat the plastic! only regular gas cans made for gas! You da Man!!
Yeah the plastic line is no good, but the stuff I have in here is actual fuel line. Most of my cans are steel.
Allen awesome looks
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that is one old beast but it sounds good
Great vidio
I concur with the others.... Great job explaining how to take the carb apart and put back together. We have a John Deere 3020 gas with a carb kinda like that. It was tedious for me to get it right. Vintage sledding.... My brother that lives up that way likes doing that too. He goes all through the UP and the Arrowhead region. About how fast does it go?
I think it goes about 35MPH
@@trinitydairy wow I can almost handle that speed. :)
Cool video Al. Here’s a bit of a surprise. I’ve got a small collection of vintage sleds. Oldest is a ‘65 Rupp Sno-Sport. What does a guy in Texas need a snowmobile for? I tell everyone it snows at least once a year in the Texas panhandle. Not so the last two years. Been in a drought situation and no snow, just dry, cold and windy. Might have to ask you to give me parts leads when I need them. No sled dealers down here.
Let me know if you need something, and I'll see what I can do!
Wondering who is the kid in this episode ?? Allan?? lol. Great video. God bless.
Very good video
Nice
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use to have a ski doo,here in Vt,do not get much snow now
hd, hr and smallest was hl carbs from the 60s done lots of them over the years dont use them any more except on the old ones the old girl does pretty good
Muffler is probably dying to tune that carb for you!
Yeah, that's for sure!
Hey Allan thanks for sharing that was a very informative video. Have you ever tried using a fuel stabilizer additive to see if that would help with the needle sticking in the carburetor?
I think I put some sea foam in one year, but it still stuck.
I had a Polaris that looked like that straight pipe boy did that thing bark lol everyone knew where I was😂
I think your brother really wants to take it for a ride lol cool sled I had a few my favorite was the Polaris 600 triple xc I sold it to a buddy cheap not much snow in MI unless you go up to the U.P.
My brother used to have a Scorpion Sting. He said that seeing the old sleds was giving him ideas of buying a snowmobile again.
@@trinitydairy LOL! I am getting the same fever again myself. Haven't owned/ridden a sled in years. I used to have an older 1974-ish? Yamaha SL338, but with a GP433 engine on it. That thing ripped! Too bad I was dumb and scrapped it in 1989 after it threw the track. Man I miss that sled! But at the same time, we haven't really had much for good winters here in Wisconsin for quite a few years. Plenty of cold, but not so much for snow. In spite of that, I would still love to find me an older sled to play around with. Maybe an older Yamaha Enticer or something like that.
@@NJP76 you can’t kill them old Yamaha exciters lol
@@farmallchris You are so right about that. I just found some old pictures of that Yamaha. I can see why I scrapped it now. Man I really did beat the snot out of that sled. In spite of that, the ole 433 still ran great. Should have at least kept the engine.
Love the video
Ha! Fabulous! Love the enthusiasm of the younger generation. Now you got me to thinking of the vintage sleds in my past. An old Johnson (which Wilson brought back to life, briefly, last winter) , an old Mercury....I think my brother may have had a Larson, and then there was a pair of JD X8s, I believe. All of those old sleds were quite crude by today's standards. I really enjoyed the Deere sleds, though. Was the Larson a product of Minnesota?
Yes, Larson boat works,of Little Falls, MN. And from what I've read, Larson was, minority owner of Polaris, so, in 68, Larson used the 67 Polaris sleds that were left, They put a different hood on them, and repositioned the engine, and chain case, and sold them as a 68 Larson. The model I have is the same as a 67 Polaris Colt.
Thanks for the history lesson! I love "industrial" history. Our newer (well...1990s era) sleds were/are Artic Cats, also a Minnesota product.
@@trinitydairy .....(side note) When the severe drought hit in 1988, I had to sell my herd of dairy cows and get a job. I worked at Larson Boat Works for two years as a fiberglass hull gunner. I did not know Larson Boat Works ever made snowmobiles.
That's badass lol
Alan if race the deer on that snow mobile I think the deere will win!
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That was a great video. I love seeing that ole stuff come alive. I seen a couple other houses around. Are they part of the farm or is your driveway actually a road?
My grandparents still live in the actual farmhouse. We live in the trailer house.
@@trinitydairy that's so cool to have them close by. Multigeneration right there. I envy that.
I wish I would've gotten my grandpa on video before his health started to go downhill.
@@trinitydairyalthough I don't know the circumstances and there's no need to share, I'll pray for a warm sunny day where he can come down to the barn or even video him telling stories of the starting out or something.
Would you consider a different color for caps in merchandise store?
Yeah, is there a color you'd like to see?
Do they make gorilla tape in red? That seat could be lookin' Brand New!
I actually have a roll of orange Gorilla Tape out in the shop. Haven't seen it in red, but I have to think that they must make it in several colors.
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Had forgotten about Larson snowmobiles. We used to see a few on the trails in the early 70's. One Sunday, after church, a group of us men started naming off snowmobile brands and came up with over 50 including Roloflex and Boa-ski. Those were the days. Nice to see the 530 in the garage, something needs fixing?
My first snowmobile was a Boa- ski, had a Hirth 440 engine, and it was fast! That's one of the 830s in the garage, the fuel tank has a little leak, and I have to fix the connection where the hand and foot throttle go together.
@@trinitydairy Ironically, my first actual sled was an old Boa Ski (Don't remember the model). It had no engine, and the hood was kinda busted up, but it was free, so there was that. We bolted a Sachs 297cc one-lunger to it and ran the living snot out of it for a couple years. Good times back when we used to have actual winters here in Wisconsin.
I probably have a thousand stories of some of our forays in the snow back in the 1980's. Moonlight lights out rides in the open fields, wide open runs across the lake, etc... But I will spare you the details for now. Just suffice it to say that we had some amazing times out on our sleds back in the days. ...And to think that it all started with that free old Boa Ski with no engine.
Same here, lots of stories. The best one was when Jen and I were going to go for a ride and I had an old bubble nose Scorpion, I started it but had to grab something from the shed quick. I heard it rev up thinking Jen took it for a spin, but here the dang thing took off on it's own and ran Jen over, well just her legs, but man we still laugh about that. Her version is hilarious! She described it like the Stephen King movie, Christine lol!
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Love the video